Promising Practices for Family Involvement in Schooling Across the Continents (Family, School, Community, Partnership Issues)

This monograph represents a seminal examination of the relationship of families to the education of their children across the globe. The monograph commences with an overview of issues and models in parent involvement, continues with a series of chapters from each continent, and ends with an analysis of international research data on student achievement and elements of family involvement. One intent of this monograph is to generate new avenues for educational research and practice in the field of familyschool- community involvement.

The chapters comprise a collection of writings whose authors were selected because of their firsthand knowledge of their countries as well as their academic scholarship in the area of family-school partnerships.